Month: October 2020

Money can be…complicated. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out how to manage your own budget, much less let somebody else in on it. I love to think about money …

When I moved to Germany in August of 2019, I knew probably a dozen words in German. I had half-heartedly taken a class in Seattle, but at the time …

I will admit that I didn’t set out to write a defense of a management mantra. I frequently set goals with the mindset, “That which gets tracked, improves.”. So …

I don’t like to wait to start things. When I get excited about an idea – which is always, since I’m a scanner – I want to get going …

Usually at this time of the week, I’d be writing an update on my latest system. I’m going to hold off on publishing those check-ins for about a month …

Congratulations, you’ve made it. You have a budget, an emergency fund, a plan for your debt, and now you’re ready to start investing. If you don’t have any of …

This is the fun part of managing personal finances! Seriously – once you have all your bills paid and have secured some extra funds…you get to decide what to …

I talked in this post about my goal to retire at 50 and how much I’ve learned from the financial independence community to get me closer to that goal. …

MYTH ALERT: YOU AREN’T BORN WITH A FINITE NUMBER OF BRAIN CELLS! (I was trying to figure out how to fit that in the title or beginning of this …

Currently, I’m building a system to challenge myself to notice when I’m avoiding doing things, figure out why I’m not doing them, and then do them anyway. For more …